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The morning star is an appearance of the planet Venus, an inferior planet, meaning that its orbit lies between the Earth and the Sun.Depending on the orbital locations of both Venus and Earth, it can be seen in the eastern morning sky for an hour or so before the Sun rises and dims it, or (as the evening star) in the western evening sky for an hour or so after the Sun sets, when Venus itself ...
In old English, the planet was known as morgensteorra (morning star) and æfensteorra (evening star). It was not until the 13th century C.E. that the name "Venus" was adopted for the planet. [2] It was called Lucifer in classical Latin though the morning star was considered sacred to the goddess Venus. [3]
Venus can thus be north of the sun and appear as a morning star and an evening star on the same day, in the northern hemisphere. The timing of these north or south excursions gets slowly earlier in the year, and over 30 cycles (240 years) the cycle is gradually replaced by another cycle offset by three years, so the situation returns close to ...
Lucifer (the morning star) represented as a winged child pouring light from a jar. Engraving by G. H. Frezza, 1704. In Roman folklore, Lucifer ("light-bringer" in Latin) was the name of the planet Venus, though he was often personified as a male figure bearing a torch.
Selene, Hesperus and Nyx fight against the Giants, Antalya Museum.. Hesperus is the personification of the "evening star", the planet Venus in the evening. His name is sometimes conflated with the names for his brother, the personification of the planet as the "morning star" Eosphorus (Greek Ἐωσφόρος, "bearer of dawn") or Phosphorus (Ancient Greek: Φωσφόρος, "bearer of light ...
Kileken (sometimes Kileghen) is the subject of a myth of the Maasai people concerning the planet Venus. In the myth, the planet Venus is called Kileken and visits the Earth in the form of a small boy. The boy befriends an old farmer and tends his cattle, the man agreeing not to pry into the boy's only secret: his origin. When the man betrays ...
Mars will seem to disappear behind the full wolf moon Monday for many sky-gazers. Throughout January, also look up to see Venus, Saturn and Jupiter in the night sky.
Morning star, most commonly used as a name for the planet Venus when it appears in the east before sunrise See also Venus in culture; Morning star, a name for the star Sirius, which appears in the sky just before sunrise from early July to mid-September; Morning star, a (less common) name for the planet Mercury when it appears in the east ...